To what extent did the postwar redrawing of the map of Europe and the Middle East create new problems in the interwar years?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. The creation of new states in eastern Europe produced new ethnic tensions; each state included ethnic minorities who did not identify with the ethnic nationalism of the government.
b. For example, the formation of political parties along ethnic lines in Poland resulted in 18 parties vying for control.
c. With ethnic differences feeding political factionalism, the governments of the new states were unable to improve the economy, which led to social unrest.
d. In the Middle East, the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire ended the caliphate that had united the Islamic world.
e. Pan-Arabism sought to fill this political and religious void by creating a single Arab state, which ran counter to the goal of Arab nationalists who wanted control of their own state, such as the Wafd Party in Egypt.
f. Many Muslims within the new political entities carved out by the Allies after the war rejected the legitimacy of the new borders and identified themselves more firmly with Islam.
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What will be an ideal response?
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)